Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 2012, 5:43 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 2012, 5:43 PM CDT (22:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2012, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Pecos County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 6:31 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 S Fort Stockton, TX | MULTIPLE RESIDENTIAL STREETS BARRICADED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 134 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 529 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -512 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2062 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
694 WGUS54 KMAF 142243 FFWMAF TXC371-150145- /O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0017.120614T2243Z-120615T0145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 543 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 533 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR BELDING...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT STOCKTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STREAMS AND DRAINAGES AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...LEON CREEK...COMANCHE CREEK AND SIXSHOOTER DRAW. FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW WATER CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. && LAT...LON 3105 10293 3090 10267 3071 10294 3082 10310 $$
2 follow-up statements
835 WGUS74 KMAF 142333 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 633 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012 TXC371-150145- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120615T0145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PECOS- 633 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY... AT 622 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH THE AREA. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF FORT STOCKTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE SOUTH OF FORT STOCKTON...BETWEEN HIGHWAYS 385 AND 285...SOME RESIDENTIAL STREETS WERE BEING BARRICADED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STREAMS AND DRAINAGES AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...LEON CREEK...COMANCHE CREEK AND SIXSHOOTER DRAW. FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW WATER CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND. && LAT...LON 3105 10293 3090 10267 3071 10294 3082 10310 $$
052 WGUS74 KMAF 142343 FFSMAF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 643 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012 TXC371-150145- /O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120615T0145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PECOS- 643 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY... AT 639 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BELDING...OR 14 MILES SOUTH OF FORT STOCKTON... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER OVER THE ROAD ON U.S.385 AND U.S.285 AND WERE URGING CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STREAMS AND DRAINAGES AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...LEON CREEK...COMANCHE CREEK AND SIXSHOOTER DRAW. FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW WATER CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND. && LAT...LON 3105 10293 3090 10267 3071 10294 3082 10310 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis | 56 min |
| Jun 13, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Presidio | 43 min |
| Jun 13, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Jeff Davis | 58 min |
| Jun 13, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Presidio | 31 min |
| Jun 13, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 61 min |
| Jun 13, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Presidio | 62 min |
| Jun 14, 5:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Pecos | 118 min |
| Jun 14, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 53 min |
| Jun 14, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 64 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.